Order Rodentia - Family Erethizontidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
1545
1550
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Sphiggurus vestitus
Thomas 1899
Sphiggurus vestitus
Thomas 1899
,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 4: 284
.
Type Locality:
Colombia
.
Vernacular Names:
Brown Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
.
Distribution:
Colombia
, small area of the E Andean cordillera about
60 km
WNW of
Bogotá
at about
1300 m
.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Vulnerable.
Discussion:
Reviewed by
Voss and da Silva (2001)
, who included
Sphiggurus
in
Coendou
. Includes
pruinosus
according to Cabrera (1961),
Concepción
and Molinari (1991),
Woods (1993)
, and
Soriano
and Ochoa (1997)
, but see
Voss and da Silva (2001)
for a discussion of the morphological distinctiveness of these two taxa. Assigned to
vestitus
group based on presence of bristle-quills (
Voss and da Silva, 2001
).